Parameters

Return Values

(boolean)

True if cat1 is an ancestor of cat2, False if not.

Examples

This example, placed in a theme's archive.php, uses Conditional Tags to show different content depending on the category being displayed. This is helpful when it is necessary to include something for any child category of a given category, instead of using category-slug.php method where you'd have to create category-slug.php files for each and every category.

The code snip below checks to see if the category called 'Music' (ID 4) is being processed, and if so, presents a wp_nav_menu for the Music archive page, and any subcategories of Music (e.g. jazz, classical.)